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Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
From Garden State Equality Urgent! This Monday, November 23rd, join us at 8:30 am in Trenton to lobby for marriage equality! Meet at Garden State Equality's office across from the State House at 110 West State Street, Trenton. ... Our brand new Garden State Equality gear is ready. On Monday, we will distribute free t-shirts, buttons, stickers and signs as supplies last. ... The legislature is back...
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Of Arms and the Law (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Here's some video on his presentation. Quite a good argument for allowing CCW on campus. Hat tip to reader Nick L........
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Abovethelaw.com (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
We received this info last night, from several readers in attendance. One of them wrote: For the patent nerds out there, including me, Chief Judge Paul R. Michel of the Federal Circuit is retiring effective May 31, 2010. Just personally announced it at the FCBA annual dinner. Sent his resignation letter to Obama this morning. Why is Chief Judge Michel stepping down? Is it due to inadequate judicial...
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Of Arms and the Law (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
They're online, here. Scroll down about 3/4 of the page. So far we have the two party briefs, and four amicus ones. Deadline for amici supporting the right side is Monday, so there should be a fair number more....
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Concurring Opinions (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
My draft paper on “The Child Labor Amendment and the Court-Packing Plan,” which I’ve blogged about previously, is now available here.
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Houston's Clear Thinkers (Free subscription) | 56 minutes ago
My talented wife's lovely salad with a glass of Aymara Merlot Reserve 2006 (Argentina). Delightful!...
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The Right Coast (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Over at JamulBlog. It will be interesting to see how many eyes will analyze this data. Over time an impression of what the warmer scientisticalists were up to will emerge. I recant now from calling this what looks like a...
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Blawgletter (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The Arbitration Act sets up a regime that aims to settle disputes quickly and cheaply. To make the system work, it depends on courts. Courts don't do quick and cheap. Sorry. The Fifth Circuit proved the point this week. The...
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Sports Law Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
The Associated Press published a story yesterday on a very tragic, sensitive and private matter involving the death of a famous professional athlete's mother. The report not only discusses details surrounding the death, but also personal information about the player's relationship with his mother. The issue here is not whether the facts of this publication are untrue. The disclosure of private facts...
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CrimProf Blog (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
David Cole (Georgetown) has this post at ACSBlog discussing arguments from his book, "The Torture Memos." My introductory commentary to the book dissects the lawyers' arguments to show what was so wrong with the job the lawyers did. This was...
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Library Boy (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The Library Routes Project is a wiki-based project that seeks to gather information about "library roots" (how people got into librarianship in the first place) and "library routes" (career paths). The project was launched in October 2009. Instructions on how to contribute can be found in the " How does it work?" section of the wiki home page. It started in the UK but...
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the 13th juror (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The stained glass window depicts St. John the Divine and was created by the Tiffany Studios. It was installed in the church in 1896. Proceeds from the sale of a Tiffany stained glass window will be used to repair a church's leaking roof so it can continue to host a winter shelter for people who need a place to sleep and a warm meal. Members of First Baptist Church in Brattleboro, Vermont, voted by...
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a Public Defender (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Festivus for the rest'uv'us As most of you may or may not know, I am running for Governor of the great State of Connecticut. You can follow my Gubernatorial overtures on twitter and in keeping with one of my many, many promises, I am bringing governing back to the people. So, here’s a little contest for you [...]
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a Public Defender (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
And a game it is. Every so often, because that is the nature of the beast, a judge will ask the lawyers during a pre-trial if they’re “ready to put numbers” on it. Either today, or next time. Numbers: the sanitized way of saying “let the dance begin”. When cases are thought of in terms of [...]
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wei12 | 11/12/2009
Youth is the quality that we normally associate with the Kennedys, yet it was Ted Kennedy's longevity that made him such an irrepressible force on Capitol Hill. Near universal is the view that he was Washington 's most influential lawmaker of...
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wei12 | 11/12/2009
Youth is the quality that we normally associate with the Kennedys, yet it was Ted Kennedy's longevity that made him such an irrepressible force on Capitol Hill. Near universal is the view that he was Washington 's most influential lawmaker of...
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kornel9z1vr | 11/06/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) –Los Angeles Clippers basketball team owner Donald Sterling has agreed to pay $2.725 million to settle a housing discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. Sterling, longtime owner of the NBA team and a real estate mogul, was accused of discriminating against blacks, Hispanics and families with children at apartment buildings he owns. The government said...